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Predictive validity of the Braden scale, Norton scale and Waterlow scale in Slovak Republic [PDF]
Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery, 2015 Aim: To determine the levels of predictive validity of scales for assessing the risk of pressure ulcers (Braden, Norton and Waterlow scales) in the Slovak clinical setting. Design: A prospective study. Methods: One hundred patients staying in a long-term
Lenka Šáteková +2 more
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Validity of the Waterlow scale and risk of pressure injury in acute care [PDF]
British Journal of Nursing, 2010 Aim: To assess the validity of the Waterlow screening tool in a cohort of internal medicine patients and to identify factors contributing to pressure injury. Method:A longitudinal cohort study design was used. A total of 274 patients (mean age 65.3 years) admitted through the emergency department or outpatient clinics of a tertiary hospital in ...
Joan Webster
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Nursing and Midwifery Studies, 2022 Background: Pressure ulcer (PU) is a common problem in intensive care unit (ICU). Risk assessment is the first step to PU prevention. Nonetheless, there is no consensus over the best PU risk assessment scale.
Sina Valiee +4 more
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Predictive values of Braden and waterlow scales to assess the risk of pressure ulcer : Review article [PDF]
Disease and Diagnosis, 2016 Introduction: Pressure ulcer is a kind of skin disorder that is developed due to increase of localized pressure on a part of body. Due to the terrible consequences of pressure ulcer, it is essential to prevent it. A common method to prevent is using risk
Saeedeh Solati +2 more
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Avances en Enfermería, 2011 Objetivos: Avaliar os fatores de risco para úlceras por pressão em pessoas hospitalizadas por lesão medular, utilizando a Escala de Waterlow e as orientações prestadas para os pacientes antes e depois do aparecimento das úlceras.
Rita Monica Borges Stüdart +4 more
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International Wound JournalAbstract To compare the predictive properties of the Jackson/Cubbin scale and Waterlow scales in intensive care unit patients. A multi‐centre study. This study was conducted between April 2021 and February 2023 in 72 intensive care units of 38 tertiary hospitals in Gansu Province, China.
Lin Han, Yuxia Ma, Qiuxia Yang
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Evaluation of the Validity and Reliability of the Waterlow Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment Scale [PDF]
Medical Archives, 2018 Prevention is the ideal strategy to tackle the problem of pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcer risk assessment scales are one of the most pivotal measures applied to tackle the problem, much criticisms has been developed regarding the validity and reliability of these scales.To investigate the validity and reliability of the Waterlow pressure ulcer risk ...
Charalambous, Charalambos +3 more
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Serum Zinc in Patients with Protein-Energy Malnutrition Retrospective Assessment of Levels
Genel Tıp Dergisi, 2023 Aim: This study aimed to investigate the frequency of serum zinc deficiency in children with PEM and to show the relationship between the degree of PEM and serum zinc level. Methods: Retrospective study conducted at Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology,
Neriman Akdam +4 more
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Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2015 AIMS: to evaluate the accuracy of the Braden and Waterlow risk assessment scales in critically ill inpatients.METHOD: this prospective cohort study, with 55 patients in intensive care units, was performed through evaluation of sociodemographic and ...
Andressa Tomazini Borghardt +4 more
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Journal of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical SciencesBackground and Objectives: Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are highly vulnerable to the development of pressure ulcers (PUs). Risk score scale that would efficiently predict the formation of PU in such patients includes the Waterlow Scale and the ...
Pankaj Kumar, C. Dinesh
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